A woman in Jordan, Minn., was surprised when her 4-year-old Pekingese took in an abandoned kitten, then start producing milk and nursing the gray stray animal to health, the Associated Press reports. Pat Weber says the kitten was days old when her grandson found it in the family's barn in early September in Jordan, about 40 miles southwest of Minneapolis.

Six forest rangers had to use portable emergency fire shelters after they were unable to outrun the Boundary Waters wildfire. The rangers were evacuating campers when the fast moving fire overcame their position. They jumped into a lake and took cover under the shelters they carry with them.

Tamara Woodard was talking with her husband and friends and misjudged the edge of the subway platform. Fortunately, there was no train in sight and bystanders who jumped to her aid pulled Woodard back onto the platform. She was treated at a hospital for minor injuries. The accident was caught on a transit video camera.